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Palminteri's Hagiographies takes familiar religious iconography and adds a coat of paint to transform Christian figures into pop cultural ones. Many folks will likely disapprove of this provocative blending of the sacred and the comic book profane, but there's a certain logic behind Palminteri's blasphemy. After all, the superhuman tales of Superman, Batman, Captain America, and the Flash, may serve a very similar purpose to the early saints' stories. Of course, these figures are canonized not by a church but by strong monthly comic sales.